Originally Posted by GilaMonsterAlex (Post 1139755)

We tried wedge top(from mcmaster) on the 8" First Wheel and it would occasionally damage the ball. But I think that had to do with our fasteners. We also tried the 6" higrip wheels from this year which tore up the skin consistently ( it was lik orange confetti). We ultimately stuck with the smooth 6" first wheel.

Originally Posted by wireties (Post 1139705)

Better = farther? What launch angle are you guys using? Maybe a reduced LA and bank shooting is smarter?

Ours shoots 20' easily with a 60 degree LA - reliability testing starts tomorrow (now that encoder came in and works). But it should go further (according to the math) so I'm thinking it might be slipping on the wheel. The reduced distance may be lift and/or air resistance and/or friction with the hood - oh well, good problems to have I reckon.

Originally Posted by animenerdjohn (Post 1139778)

When we ran it without the 2 fisher prices we were launching stupidly high, so we backed up the other shooter hood,, and made our Launch angle lower. Works better. I dont really think the lack of the 2FP mattered though...

Maybe you can tell us what we're doing wrong this weekend.

And better = up to your interpretation!

Looking forward to some practice this weekend!